GRE Word List
PANACEA
a remedy for all ills or difficulties : cure-all
The meaning of the word panacea is a remedy for all ills or difficulties : cure-all.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cistern | an artificial reservoir (such as an underground tank) for storing liquids and especially water (such as rainwater) |
| occident | west |
| dissertation | an extended usually written treatment of a subject |
| bust | a sculptured representation of the upper part of the human figure including the head and neck and usually part of the shoulders and breast |
| crevice | a narrow opening resulting from a split or crack (as in a cliff) : fissure |
| unassuming | not assuming : modest |
| clandestine | marked by, held in, or conducted with secrecy : surreptitious |
| dauntless | incapable of being intimidated or subdued : fearless |
| surrogate | one appointed to act in place of another : deputy |
| smattering | superficial piecemeal knowledge |